{"id":51861,"date":"2022-02-09T15:51:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T15:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/02\/09\/air-force-eyes-contract-for-awacs-replacement-in-2023\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:18:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:18:50","slug":"air-force-eyes-contract-for-awacs-replacement-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2022\/02\/09\/air-force-eyes-contract-for-awacs-replacement-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force eyes contract for AWACS replacement in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Air Force said this week a contract to buy a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/air-force-priorities\/2021\/02\/26\/us-air-force-top-general-isnt-ready-to-buy-the-e-7-wedgetail-just-yet\/\" target=\"_blank\">replacement for the aging E-3G Sentry<\/a> \u2014 also known as the AWACS, or Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft \u2014 could come in fiscal 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a request for information released Tuesday, the service wants to know within 30 days how a potential contractor would deliver at least two prototype aircraft to replace the AWACS, including ground support and training systems, within five years of an expected 2023 award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force noted the <a href=\"https:\/\/sam.gov\/opp\/b47eca2a3f05491e86044f73bc490ccc\/view\" target=\"_blank\">RFI was issued<\/a> for its own planning purposes and is not a promise to issue a request for proposals in the future. 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It provides command and control and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities to manage the battlefield, and its radar has a range of more than 250 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force has flown the AWACS in numerous conflicts in recent decades, including the Gulf War and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and has used it in support of humanitarian relief operations after hurricanes Rita and Katrina by coordinating military and civilian rescue efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the Air Force\u2019s 31 E-3s are 43 years old on average, and keeping them maintained has become more and more challenging, prompting one top general to push for a replacement as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force\u2019s statistics on mission-capable rates show the increasing difficulty in keeping the AWACS in the air. The E-3G\u2019s mission-capable rates plunged 10 percentage points last year from 70.7% in 2020 to 60.7% in 2021. The E-3B similarly slumped from 65.8% to 55.8% during that same period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force wants companies responding to the RFI to explain how their proposed replacement aircrafts would deliver multiple capabilities the AWACS now provides. Those capabilities should include an advanced Airborne Moving Target Indication radar that could maintain a 360-degree surveillance picture while homing in on targets and perform real-time data processing of targets, the RFI said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force also wants to know how a replacement aircraft would tell the difference between friendly and enemy forces, conduct radar-based maritime surveillance, and conduct simultaneously at least six battle management command and control missions \u2014 including air traffic control, close air support, suppression of enemy air defenses, air refueling, and combat search and rescue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boeing\u2019s E-7 Wedgetail, now flown by the Royal Australian Air Force, is one of the leading contenders to replace the AWACS. Pacific Air Forces commander Gen. 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